Burning my Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman
By: Sharan Dhaliwal
3.79
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part guide, Burning My Roti is essential reading for a new generation of South Asian w…
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1. The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali
By: Sabina Khan
3.00
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Scholastic has bought Sabina Khan's The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali, in which the title character i… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
2. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary
By: Travis Alabanza
4.38
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
3. Watching Women & Girls
By: Danielle Pender
3.69
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Every aspect of her body or personality was up for inspection: too big, too small, too available, … read more
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- feminism
- womens
- adult
"It's very boring to call people crazy because they don't do what you tell them to"-Danielle Pender, Watching Women & Girls
4. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.04
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more
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- race
- nonfiction
5. Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
By: Da’Shaun Harrison
4.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Exploring anti-fatness and anti-Blackness at the intersections of race, police violence, gender ide… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"Ugly is political. It is the determiner for who does and does not work; who does and does not Love; who does and does not die; who does and does not eat."-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
"What is the utility of "body positivity" if it only seeks to provide one with a false sense of confidence rather than to liberate all from that which cages the body?"-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
"What would it mean for us to lean into Insecurity as a political tool in which we free ourselves from insisting that we perform "perfection" and total confidence in order to advocate for our collecti…"-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
"What I am really naming here is the complicatedness of feeling both affirmed and harmed by your assault because your body is never really your own when you're fat and Black, and the trauma you arrive…"-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
6. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
7. A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma
By: Noreen Masud
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A surprising and lyrical journey—part memoir, part nature book—meditating on the meaning of "flatne… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"We tell stories to make them visible. Or we tell stories so that we don’t have to look at them any longer."-Noreen Masud, A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma
"Supposedly trauma transcends language and time, and is therefore untellable. Perhaps sometimes it does and is. But I think traumatized people do know how to tell their stories. What’s difficult is th…"-Noreen Masud, A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma
"Supposedly, trauma transcends language and time, and is therefore untellable. Perhaps sometimes it does, and is. But I think traumatized people do know how to tell their stories. What’s difficult is …"-Noreen Masud, A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma
"I was held captive by this unyielding, silent space, and I began to understand two things. The flatness wasn’t an absence - not in the way we might assume it is - but something strong and original an…"-Noreen Masud, A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma
8. Your Driver Is Waiting
By: Priya Guns
3.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire-- a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970'… read more
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- adult
- queer
- lgbt
"I was a woman who wasn’t going to take it anymore because I swear, I have taken so much already."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
"Jolene smiled and in her smile was tomorrow, three months from now, and an infinity swimming in a lake by a summer house."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
"This part of the city used to be cool because it wasn't but then it was forced to be a different of cool. A pricey. I think they call that gentrification."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
"I took the pack of cigarettes from my back pocket and lit one, watching Shereef's two other mechanics with their clients, hoping I wouldn't set off an explosion with my lighter."-Priya Guns, Your Driver Is Waiting
9. The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
By: Shon Faye
4.55
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than 1% of … read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement’s muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement's muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"Together, an LGBTQ+ coalition with class consciousness and anti-racism at its core must recover its radicalism and reaffirm its opposition to capitalism and patriarchy. Infighting and division are in…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
10. Blue Skinned Gods
By: S.J. Sindu
3.91
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Marriage of a Thousand Lies comes a brilliantly written, globe-spa… read more
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- adult
- india
- queer
- lgbt
11. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
By: Samra Habib
4.16
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
CANADA READS 2020 WINNER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION NA… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Being surrounded by people who fuel you is intentional."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"For me, a wedding was an act of necessity, not a fairy tale."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"The joy of discovery is one of the biggest pleasures you'll ever know."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"Closure, for me, would mean accepting my circumstances rather than trying to alter them to serve me best."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
12. Bellies
By: Nicola Dinan
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more
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- adult
- queer
- lgbt
13. Rainbow Milk
By: Paul Mendez
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follow… read more
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- race
- adult
- queer
- lgbt
14. The Baby is Mine
By: Oyinkan Braithwaite
3.24
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
When his girlfriend throws him out during the pandemic, Bambi has to go to his Uncle's house in loc… read more
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- adult
15. Son of Sin
By: Omar Sakr
3.69
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
Poet Omar Sakr’s debut novel is a fierce and fantastic force that illuminates the bonds that bind f… read more
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- race
- adult
- queer
- lgbt
16. Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty
By: Emma Dabiri
4.06
Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition
An unmissable essay from Emma Dabiri, Sunday Times bestselling author of Don't Touch My Hair and Wh… read more
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- feminism
- womens
- nonfiction
- essays
17. Boy Friends
By: Michael Pedersen
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland’s brightest y… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
"Ever feel like you were fated to be friends with someone? An alchemy in your meeting, instant fondness - part chemical, part kismet. This is how I've felt about every friend I've fallen in love with …"-Michael Pedersen, Boy Friends
18. Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America
By: David Kamp
3.90
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
From bestselling writer David Kamp, the engrossing, behind-the-scenes story of the cultural heroes … read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
19. Standing Heavy
By: Gauz
3.58
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Initially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard's smile. The securit… read more
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20. Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
By: Molly Smith
4.61
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
You hear that selling sex is degrading; you hear that no one would ever choose to do it; you hear t… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
"A sex worker who is living precariously or in poverty, who is at risk of criminalization or police violence, or who is being exploited by a manager or lacks negotiating power is not likely to be part…"-Molly Smith, Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
"Sex workers are the original feminists. Often seen as merely subject to others' whims, in fact, sex workers have shaped and contributed to social movements across the world. In medieval Europe, broth…"-Molly Smith, Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
21. This Is Salvaged
By: Vauhini Vara
3.70
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Stories of uncanny originality from a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Pushing intimacy t… read more
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22. Dont Touch My Hair
By: Emma Dabiri
4.27
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From Guardian contributor BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri comes an essay collection exploring th… read more
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- race
- memoir
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
"The words we use to describe Afro hair do not relate to its texture and, judged by another's metric, it will always come up lacking. But we do not possess a list of words that reflect the qualities o…"-Emma Dabiri, Dont Touch My Hair
23. All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture
By: Daisy Jones
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A modern, personal guide to the culture of queer women and everyone in between. All The Things S… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
24. We Can Do Better Than This: 35 Voices on the Future of LGBTQ+ Rights
By: Beth Ditto
4.24
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
How can we create a better world for LGBTQ+ people? Olly Alexander, Peppermint, Owen Jones, Beth Di… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
25. Burning my Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman
By: Sharan Dhaliwal
3.79
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part guide, Burning My Roti is essential reading for a new generation of South Asian w… read more
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- race
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- india
- essays
- womens
- adult
- queer
26. Think Again
By: Jacqueline Wilson
3.90
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
⭐ Whatever happened to beloved Girls series characters Ellie, Magda and Nadine? ⭐They're all grown … read more
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27. Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home
By: Nikesh Shukla
4.14
Format: 277 pages, ebook
From the editor of The Good Immigrant. We have to believe in hope in these dark uncertain times.… read more
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- race
- memoir
- india
- nonfiction
- essays
28. Cuts Both Ways
By: Candice Brathwaite
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A sharp and funny YA love story that explores themes of race, class and the complexities of growing… read more
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- race
29. Private Rites
By: Julia Armfield
3.92
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more
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- adult
- queer
- lgbt
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"-Julia Armfield, Private Rites
30. The Sex Lives of African Women
By: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
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- nonfiction
31. Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire
By: Priya Atwal
3.91
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the once formidable Mughal emperors was fading. Buil… read more
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- nonfiction
- india
